Wire-twister for wire fences



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I. R. SAUNDERS.

WIRE TWISTER FOR WIRE FENCES.

No. 346,618. F71 Patented Aug. 3, 1886..

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ISAAC R. SAUNDERS, OF NOAH, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-IIALF TO ALFRED P. BONE ANDEMORY Q. DARR, BOTH OF SI-IEIJBYVILLE, INDIANA.

WIRE-TWISTER FOR WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April 20, 1886.

Patent No. 346,618, dated August 3,1886.

Serial No. 200.340. (NO 1110001.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IsAAe R. SAUNDERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Noah, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve- I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for twisting thewires around the slats or palings of wire fences; and it consists in theconstruction,arrangcment,and combination of parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view of my improvedwire-twister, with the parts in their usual position when not operating,and holding two parallel wires of the fence. Fig. 2 is likewise a planview showing the parts in the position that they are caused to assume inmaking the first twist for inclosing a slat. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing the parts in the position that they will be made to assume inmaking the second twist for a slat. Fig. 4 shows a modified constructionin detail of the biperforated connecting plates which hold the wires.Fig. 5 isa view showing the parts of this modified formin their normalposition. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the plates overlapped,instead of located edgewise against each other, as shown in Fig. 5.Figs. 7 and 8 represent the effect of the operation of the device ininclosing a slat when the parts are in the position of Figs. 2 and 3,respectively.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

My improved wire twister for wire fences comprises, essentially, tworectangular frames connected by longitudinal bars A A, which serve ashandles for operating the device. These frames are composed, first, ofmetallic strips or bars B, bent at each end to form a right-angledprojecting part, a, the longer por tions of said bars being securedlengthwise to the handles A. Each end of each of the handles, therefore,is provided with one of these semi-squares, attached thereto, theprojecting parts a of the semi-squares extending toward each other.These parts (IV are connected by means of biperforated strips 0, pivotedto them. Instead, however, of having a strip formed withperforations,the construction may be changed to sectional strip 0, (seeFigs. 4., 5, and 6,) formed with opposite slots, so that when thesections are placed edgewise together, as shown in Fig. 5, oroverlapping, as in Fig. 6, the slots will be coincident and serve asperforations. The sections being secured together removably, they willserve the same purpose in holding the wires as if made solid, and theywill give to the device the additional advantage that it may be removedfrom the stretched wires and carried from the field when d'esired anadvantage that is wanting when a perforated but otherwise solidconnectingstrip is used. It will be apparent that a de vice thusconstructed may, by laying hold of the handles A and moving them inopposite directions, be made at one time to take the position shown inFig. 3, and at another time, or by a reverse movement, it can be made totake the position shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of the parts of the machine will be as follows: It isfirst placed upon the wires, which are passed through the perforationsin the strips G. Then by an upward motion of one of the handles the twowires will be twisted, for the pivoted connectingstrip will cause thehandle to move in a semicircular path, and the strip 0 itself beingreversed in. position the wires will be crossed, as shown in Fig. 3.Immediately before this twist, or between the twist and the end of thetwisting-machine, a slat is to be placed. The device is nowto beoperated by areversemovement of the handlesgvhich will carry theconnecting strips first back into their normal position, and then into aposition where they will be reversed in such a manner that the wireswill again be crossed. crossing will take place in front of the paling,as shown in Fig. 2, and the said paling will be tightly held between thetwisted wires.

In order to facilitate the manipulation of the device, it is often foundconvenient to provide This time the 5 it with extra handles, as shown inFig. 1, consisting of the two levers D and D, pivoted to one of the barsA, and likewise to each other, and one of which is longer than the otherand passes through a guard on the opposite bar A. The bar A whichcarries the guard may also be furnished with a handle, as shown. It isobvious, therefore, if one of the bars A is held firm by its handle orotherwise, the other bar may be moved longitudinally bylaying hold ofthe handle D and sliding it within its guard, so that the wires will bythis movement be twisted in like manner as if the bars AA weremanipulated by laying hold of the rounded middle portions.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In awire-twister for wire fences, the combination of the longitudinalhandles and the rectangular frames secured thereto, each consisting ofsemi -squares and perforated connecting-strips pivoted to the projectingarms of said semi-squares, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a wire-twister for wire fences, a frame consisting of semi-squaresmade up of the strip B B and projecting arms (6 a, andthe perforatedconneeting parts pivoted to the arms a a of the said semi-squares,substantially as shown and set forth.

3. The combination of the handles A A, strips 13 B, secured thereto andformed with projecting arms a a, and the perforated sectional strip 0,pivoted to the said arms, all arranged and adapted to operate intwisting the wire substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC R. SAUNDERS. Vitncsses:

L. T. MionEN-Ei'z, W. E. DEAOON.

